Opinion

Dear Editor: Advocates for “no letter grade” report cards in our schools are again trying to push their agenda. This is nothing new. It’s been happening all over B.C. for years.

There is no real debate among those in elected office in Burnaby on issues that matter.

Any way you look at it, smoking is a filthy habit. It fouls smokers’ lungs. It fouls the air around smokers – air that ends up in non-smokers’ lungs, too. It creates a foul stench that hangs about smokers and the environments they frequent.

I got to thinking last night, as I was getting my 18-month-old ready for bed, what a joyous stage of life she is at. We always say hello to ourselves in the bathroom mirror before she gets into the bathtub, singing a silly song as we go.

It’s been eight months since the May 2013 provincial election, but Elections B.C. released the final numbers today. (What we reported last May were the interim results.

What hazardous goods are coming through Burnaby via rail? The short answer: You're not allowed to know. City council has been trying to get information on this without any luck.

Premier Christy Clark's plan to hold a referendum on how to fund transit in Metro Vancouver is shaping up to have a far-reaching impact few may have foreseen when it was first attached to the B.C. Liberal election platform.

Dear Editor: Re: Consider the source of criticism, Letters to the editor, Burnaby NOW, Jan. 15.

Dear Editor: Re: Mayor calls FVRD hypocritical, Burnaby NOW, Jan. 15 Let me begin by stating for the record that I am a firm proponent of utilizing human-generated waste in the safest and least harmful to the environment manner.

OK, I confess, I am currently performing an experiment. I'm putting up two blog posts today: one on the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra 's New Music Festival, and one on the Vancouver auditions for The Bachelor Canada .